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The Endocrine Society has officially endorsed

the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology and our Biennial meeting

IMPORTANT NEWS

1. Sponsorship opportunityfor the upcoming 5th Biennial Conference of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE)meeting at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. See flyer for details.

2. The 5th Biennial Conference of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE) meeting will be held May 24-28, 2019 at the Hilton University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. See link for preliminary information. Abstract submission information and a list of symposium titles is available at the following link: NASCE2019 symposia and call for abstracts.

3. Updates and reminder for 2017-2019 membership renewal from the NASCE President, Feb 2018 has been posted here.

4. NASCE Research Fellowship Awards are available to enable trainees working in one of the three North American countries to travel outside of their home country for research training and collaboration in another North American country. The intention is to foster interaction and collaboration among North American comparative endocrinologists. To be eligible the trainee, the trainee’s mentor and the mentor in the host laboratory must be active members of NASCE. The trainee must be working towards a research-based Masters of Science degree, be advanced to candidacy in a PhD program (within four years of advancement to candidacy), or be a postdoctoral fellow five years or less from receiving their PhD (or MD). Up to three awards of US$1000 will be made each year. Applications will be reviewed by the Awards Committee and recommendations for funding will be made to the President of NASCE.

To apply send to the NASCE Secretary/Treasurer (angela.lange@utoronto.ca) by the deadline of September 15, 2018 your curriculum vitae and a 1-2 page letter of intent that has a brief description of your collaborative project and training opportunities with anticipated dates of travel. Also arrange to have one letter each from the principal investigator of your home laboratory and from your host laboratory sent to the NASCE Secretary/Treasurer. These letters should describe the trainee’s potential for a career in scientific research and the opportunities for collaboration and training that will be supported by this award.

5. Congratulations to faculty receiving the Gorbman-Bern Memorial Lectureship and New Independent Investigator Award and student receiving the Louis J. Guillette, Jr. graduate student travel award at the recent NASCE meeting held jointly with the ICCE18.

The Gorbman-Bern Memorial Lectureship:

2017 – Robert Denver, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA

The Gorbman-Bern New Independent Investigator Award:

2017 – Valérie Langlois, Royal Canadian Military College of Canada, Ontario, Canada

9. The 18th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology (ICCE18) was held from June 4 – 9, 2017 in Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. The 4th biennial conference of the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE) meeting was held jointly with the ICCE18. Thanks to the LOC for organizing such an engaging meeting and breathtaking venue!